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Carpet; Pad, andMat.

No. 239,908. Patented April 5,1881.

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ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

GEORGE L. WITSIL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD REEVE AND THOS. L. BATES, OF SAME PIAOE.

CARPET, PAD, AND MAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,908, dated April 5, 1881,

Application filed May 17, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. WITSIL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpets, Pads, and Mats, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are views of opposite faces of the carpet, &c., embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the application of the article to stairs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of a carpet, pad, or mat formed of layers or pieces of sponge interposed between facings of suitable fabric, thus forming a soft and durable covering which is tufted at intervals with metallic fastenings for strengthening purposes, and especially adapting the covering for stairs.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a piece of carpet, a pad, or mat formed of facin gs a, of cotton, linen, woolen, or other fabric, between which is interposed alayer, b, of sponge.

0 represents tufting, which may be of the form of rivets and burrs, the rivets being passed through the facings and sponge and properly headed,'or of strips of metal on one facing, and rods or wires on the other facing, the strips being perforated to receive the ends of the rods or wires, which are passed through (No specimens.)

the facings and sponge and clinched on the strips.

It will be seen that I form a thick and soft carpet, 850., which is strengthened by the tuftin g, and thus made durable. Should there be moisture in the apartment, or on the floor where the carpet, 85.0., is laid, the sponge absorbs the moisture through the facings. As the tuftings are located at intervals I produce admirable coverings for stairs, as the carpets Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The carpet, 850., formed of fabric-facings a, spongelayer b, and metallic tufting 0, substantial] y as and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. L. WITSIL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, W. F. KIRQHER. 

